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Containing  Historical  Data  for  the  Idaho  Semi-Centennial  Celebration 
June  14  and  15,  1910,  at  Franklin,  Idaho 


GEO.  C.  PARKINSON,  THOS.  SMART,  G.  H.  BLOOD, 

President  Vice-President  Cashier 

D  i  recto  rs: 

GEO.  C.  PARKINSON      S.  C.  PARKINSON 
THOMAS  SMART  E.  C.  FOSS 

JOHN  LARSON  JOHN  O.  GOOCH 

A.  R.  CUTLER 

We  Pay  4  Per  Cent.  Interest  on  Savings  Deposits 
Compounded  Quarterly 

Idaho  State  and 
Savings  Bank 

Preston,  Idaho 

STATE  DEPOSITORY 

T  -  your  money  be  working  for  you;  you  won't 
/  />/  have  to  work  so  hard  yourself*  As  you  grow 
'^^  older  the  money  keeps  piling  up  and  making 
more  money,  and  finally  the  fund  will  be  so  great  you 
will  not  have  to  work  at  all.  A  good  Savings  account 
is  the  best  Insurance  against  Hard  Times  and  Hard 
Luck.  Think  what  it  means  to  your  comfort  and  those 
depending  on  you  to  have  money  at  work  for  you. 

AV         r*\^]]~   .  opens  an  Account 

Une  Dollar  al our  Bank 


Interest  Paid  on  Time  Deposits 
Drafts  Sold  payable  in  all  principal  Cities  of  the  World 

YOUR  BUSINESS  IS  SOLICITED 


IDAHO 

Facts  and  Statistics 


PERTAINING  TO  ITS 

Early  Settlement  and  Colonization  with  Special 
Reference  to  the  Franklin  Colony 

TOGETHER  WITH 

STORIES  OF  THE  INDIAN  TROUBLES  IN  THE  SOUTH 
EASTERN  PART  OF  THE  STATE 


Information  Collected  and  Compiled  for  the 
I  IDAHO  SEMI-CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION 
Held  at  Franklin,  June  14  and  15,  1910 


5KELTON   PUB.   CO.,  SALT  LAKE  CITY 


Committees 


Executive. 

L.  L.  Hatch,  chairman  ;  S.  C. 
Parkinson,  first  vice-president; 
Dr.  G.  \Y.  Slates,  second  vice- 
president  ;  Ezra  P.  Monson,  secre- 
tary ;  I.  II.  Xash,  treasurer. 

Finance. 

S.  C.  Parkinson,  Hyrum  Hatch, 
Frank  Shrives,  Martin  Anderson, 
William  Mendenhall,  Abe  White- 
head.  S.  L.  Woodward,  George 
McGee. 

Reception. 

Hon.  J.  W.  Webster,  F.  C. 
Parkinson,  Jos.  Scarborough, 
Hon.  Thomas  Preston,  Hon.  I.  B. 
Evans. 

History  and  Data. 

Pres.  Geo.  C.  Parkinson,  S.  B. 
Wright,  Hon.  T.  G.  Lowe,  S.  P. 
Morgan. 

Program. 

S.  W.  Parkinson,  A.  B.  Nash, 
Thos.  Smart. 

Invitation  and  Advertising. 

C.  D.  Goaslind,  D.  A.  Rogers, 
W.  C.  Shipley,  Ezra  Hatch,  Jas. 
Packer,  F.  Thompson. 


Entertainment. 

I  Ion.  Thos.  Durant,  Abe  White- 
head,  Edwin  Bodily,  W.  M. 
Daines,  John  A.  Lowe,  L.  G. 

Parkinson. 

Arrangements. 

Peter  Whitehead,  Cecil  Wood- 
ward, Wm.  Lowe,  Hyrum  Mor- 
rison. 

Monument. 

Thomas  Smart,  S.  C.  Parkin- 
son, Ivan  Woodward. 

Transportation. 

Pres.  Geo.  C.  Parkinson,  Hy- 
rum Hatch. 

Sports. 

A.  B.  Nash,  F.  F.  Shrives,  W. 
C.  Shipley,  P.  B.  Dunkley,  Cecil 
Woodward,  Dr.  G.  W.  States. 

Fireworks. 

Peter  Whitehead,  Wm.  Lowe, 
Parley  Hill,  Geo.  Robinson. 

Firing  Salutes,  Etc. 
Wm.    Lowe,   Parley   Hill,   Geo. 
Robinson. 

Parade  and  Indian  Skirmish. 

Ivan  Woodward,  John  White- 
head,  Jos.  H.  Lowe,  A.  W.  Web- 
ster, B.  P.  Porter,  Dr.  G.  W. 
States,  O.  H.  Shumway,  P.  B. 
Dunkley,  A.  C.  Smith,  Fred 
Hawkes. 


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The  Academy  of  Idaho 

Pocatello,  Idaho 


Idaho's  technical  School 

HTHE  function  of  the  State  Academy  is  to  offer  to 
*  the  young  men  and  women  of  Idaho  a  well 
rounded  education,  that  will  tend  to  make  them  at 
once  efficient  producers,  good  citizens,  and  cultured 
individuals* 

The  following  departments  of  study,  covering  four 
years  of  work  are  offered: 

Agriculture, 

Domestic  Economy, 

Commerce, 

Shorthand, 

£%Cusic,  and  a 

College  Preparatory  Course 

which  includes  all  academic  subjects  required  for  en- 
trance to  the  leading  Colleges  and  Universities. '! 

The  Equipment  in  all  the  departments  is  adequate 
and  up  to   date   in   every  particular,  and  includes  an 

Experiment  Farm  of  One  Hundred  Acres 

The   Institution  has  excellent  Dormitory  Accomo- 
dations  for  both  men  and  women* 

First  Semester  will  begin  September  19,  19 JO* 
Special  Winter  Term  will  begin  November  7,  J910* 
Write  for  free  catalogue* 


[4] 


Preface 


HE  facts  and  data  contained  herein  have  been  collected  from 
histories  of  Idaho  written  by  Hon.  John  Hailey  and  James 
Onderdonk,  from  diaries  and  journals  of  the  pioneers,  and 
from  living  pioneers  themselves,  still  residing1  at  Franklin 
and  nearby  settlements.     The  stories  as  told  by  different 
ones  of  the  first  settlers  all  agree  very  closely,  also  as  it  is  told  in 
some  of  the  writings  of  some  of  those  who  have  passed  to  the  ' '  Great 
Beyond" — variations  only  occurring  in  some  of  the  minor  details, 

S.  P.  MORGAN, 

Collector  and  Compilor. 


[6] 


Skelton  Publishing  Co. 

Manufacturers  of 

Court  Records,  Dockets, 
Legal  Blanks,  and 


Salt  Lake  City,  Utah 


Headquarters  of  the  Executive  Board  of  the 
Idaho  Semi-Centennial  Celebration 


EZRA  P.  MONSON 


Dealer  in 


Dry  Goods,  Notions, 
Boots,  Shoes, 
Hats,  Caps,  Underwear, 
Staple  and  Fancy  Groceries, 
Chinaware,  Etc. 

Orders  taken  for  the  * 'Royal  Tailors' '  Line  of 

All  Wool  Clothing 

WE    INVITE     COMPARISON    and  SOLICIT    YOUR  PATRONAGE 

Franklin,  Idaho 


[6] 


Idaho,  O,  Idaho! 


Song. 
(Tune:  "Maryland,  My  Maryland.") 

A  lovely  mountain  home  is  ours, 

Idaho,  0,  Idaho! 
Of  winters  mild  and  springtime  showers, 

Idaho,  0,  Idaho! 

Her  breezes  blow  from  western  shore, 
Where  broad  Pacific 's  billows  roar ; 
Each  year  we  love  her  more  and  more; 

Idaho,  0,  Idaho! 

Her  mountains,  grand  are  crowned  with  snow, 

Idaho,  0,  Idaho! 
And  valleys  fertile  spread  below, 

Idaho,  0,  Idaho! 

The  towering  pittas  on  cliffs  so  steep, 
O'er  cataracts  their  vigils  keep, 
Or  in  the  lakes  are  mirrored  deep, 

Idaho,  0,  Idaho! 

A  thousand  hills  where  herds  may  range, 

Idaho,  0,  Idaho! 
And  lava  beds  so  weird  and  strange. 

Idaho,  0,  Idaho! 

Above  our  heads  are  cloudless  skies, 
In  gorgeous  hues  the  sunset  dias, 
Then  starry  diamonds  greet  our  eyes, 

Idaho,  0,  Idaho! 

Such  is  our  wondrous  mountain  home, 

Idaho.  0,  Idaho! 
And  far  away  we  ne'er  would  roam. 

Idaho.  0,  Idaho! 
Oh,  "Land  of  Liberty"  we  tell, 
Beneath  a  starry  flag  we  dwelj, 
One  star  is  ours,  we  love  it  well, 

Idaho,  0,  Idaho ! 

—ERNEST  0.  MILLS,  Shelley,  Idaho. 

[7] 


The  "OWYHEE" 


Boise's 
Best  Hotel 


Completed  Stridly  Modern 

Embodies  the  latest  ideas  in 
Modern  Hotel  Construction 


The  marvelous  development  of  Southern  Idaho,  from 
the  early  pioneer  days,  with  their  lack  of  accommo- 
dations and  hardships,  is  fittingly  typified  by  throw- 
ing open  to  the  public  this  sumptuous  hostelry.  It 
represents  the  march  of  Idaho's  progress.  It  is 
up-to-date  in  every  way. 


//  has  all  the  Comforts  of 
Home  Life  and  Many  More 

Safest,  Finest  and   Most  Elegantly  Furnished  Hotel 
between  Chicago  and  San  Francisco 


250  Rooms  f^S^  1  00  Private  Baths 


Twenty-five  Large  Sample  Rooms 

Rates  $  1  .00  and  up 

The  Schubert  Hotel  Co. 

E.  W.  SCHUBERT,  Manager 


[8] 


Program  June  15,  1910 


Firing  Salutes  and  Hoisting  Flags  at  Sunrise. 

Grand  Parade  at  8:30  A.  M. 

Meeting  at  10:00  A.  M. 

President  George  C.  Parkinson  Chairman 

Invocation  Hon.  Wm.  Budge,  Logan,  Utah 

Singing,  "Idaho"  School  Children 

Address Governor  James  H.  Brady 

Solo Prof.  R.  J.  Hammer 

Address Hon.  Robert  Lousdon,  Secretary  of  State 

Solo Miss  Blanche  Larsen 

Address By  Other  State  Officials 

Violin  Solo Prof.  C.  M.  Harris 

Singing    Franklin   Choir 

Benediction Hon.  Solomon  H.  Hale 

INTERMISSION. 

3  P.  M. 
Trip  to  the  top  of  Mt.   Smart,   in  charge  of   Mr.   Thos.   Smart. 

Short  Address  on  "Incidents  Connected  with  the  Mountain" 

Mr.  C.  D.  Goaslind,  State  Insurance  Commissioner 

Reply State   Officials 

The  usual  games  and  field  sports,  from  11:00  A.  M.,  until  evening.  Grand 
ball,  Opera  House,  8:30  P.  M. 


[9] 


Read  the 
Preston  News 


Now  under  Management  of 
James  B.  W alia ce 


The  Only  Paper 

in 

Eastern  Oneida  Co. 

and 

Northern  Cache  Valley 


A  Faithful  Representative  of  the  People 

Subscription  Price 

$1*50  per  Year 

Preston,  Idaho 


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Program,  June  14,  1910 


Marshall  of  the  Day Hon.  Wm.  H.  Mendenhall,  Thatcher,  Idaho 

Firing  Salute  and  Hoisting  Flags  at  Sunrise   

Pioneer  and  Indian  Skirmish,  8 : 30  A.  M 

...Between  75  Shoshone  Indians  Against  Whites,  Representing  Pioneers 

Pioneer   Meeting   at   10   A.    M 

Temporary  Chairman   Hon.  Lorenzo  L.  Hatch 

Chairman    Idaho   Semi-Centennial    Celebration. 

Permanent  Chairman Judge  Alfred  Budge,  Pocatello,  Idaho 

Invocation Prea.  Jos.  S.  Geddes 

Singing    Franklin   Choir 

Pioneer  Addresses   

Mr.  S.  R.  Parkinson,  Mr.  Wm.  G.  Nelson,  Mrs.  Wm.  Wright,  Mr.  A.  Stalker 

Song    Indians 

Address   s Hon.  John  Hailey,  State  Historian 

Song,  Pioneer  Daughters. .Mrs.  S.  C.  Parkinson,  Mrs.  Jos.  S.  Geddes  and  Others 
Pioneer  Reminiscences  by  a  Pioneer.  ..  .Hon.  Wm.  H.  Smart,  Vernal,  Utah 

Sing'ng    Franklin   Choir 

Benediction Hon.   Thomas  Durant 

INTERMISSION. 

2:30  P.  M. 
Services  at  the  Monument. 

Bishop  S.  C.  Parkinson  presiding,  who  will  make  a  short  address,  presenting 
Monument  to  the  Public. 

Tnvei  ing   of   Monument   by 

Speech  of  Acceptance   

His  Excellency  Hon.  Jas.  H.  Brady,  Governor  of  the  State  of  Idaho 

Dedicatory  Speech Pres.  Jos.  F.  Smith 

Music   By  Bands 

Baseball  between  Indians  and  whites    horse  races,  foot  races,  tug-of-war, 
other  sports,  and  the  usual  carnival  attractions  on  the  grounds. 

Evening,  June  14. 

Banquet. 

Hon.    D.    C.    McDougall,    Attorney-General,    State    of    Idaho,    Toast    Master 

Toasts— Hon.  T.  G.  Lowe,  Hon.  C.  A.  Hastings,  Treasurer  of  State  of  Idaho; 

Hon.  S.  D.  Taylor,  Audtor,  State  of  Idaho;   Mr.  J.  B.  Scarborough,  Miss 

S.  Belle  Chamberlain,  Superintendent  Public  Instruction,  State  of  Idaho; 

Hon.  J.  W.  Webster,  of  Rexburg,  Idaho. 

Music   • Orchestra 

Open  Air  Concert Brass  Band 

Indian  War  Dance,  Etc. 


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Choice 

Irrigated  Lands 
Carey  Lands  and 
Government  Lands 

With  Perpetual  Water  Rights 
at  $20  to  $40  per  Acre 


A  1  Choice  Improved  Farms  and  Stock 

jJiLSO  Ranches  with  Government  Range 
and  Decreed  Water  Right,  on  Big 
and  Little  Lost  Rivers  at  $30  to 
to  $75  per  Acre;  one  to  five  miles 
from  Railroad. 


S.  J.  VANCE 

Blackfoot  or  Arco,  Idaho 


[12] 


Idaho  Day  Proclamation 


In  the  early  sixties  small  bands  of  pioneers  located  in  different 
sections  of  Idaho,  some  in  the  western  and  northern  parts  of  the 
state  locating  at  Pierce  City  and  Orofino,  some  in  Lemhi  County, 
and  some  at  points  in  the  southern  portion  of  the  state,  a  number 
of  such  settlements  still  being  in  existence. 

Many  were  the  hardships  endured  by  these  pioneers,  and  it  is 
but  fitting  and  proper  that  we  keep  in  mind  the  noble  sacnhces 
they  made  in  order  that  the  generations  of  the  future  might  enjoy 
the  fruits  o  their  labors. 

By  the  grace  of  God  a  few  of  these  forerunners  of  our  power- 
ful civilization  now  live  to  tell  the  story  of  privation,  battle  with 
the  Indians,  and  the  long  struggle  for  livlihood,  and  I  am  sure  that 
every  citizen  of  Idaho,  with  them,  gives  thanks  to  our  Creator  for 
His  great  share  and  help  in  subduing  the  waste  places  and  bringing 
about  our  present  prosperity. 

Authentic  records  of  these  first  settlements  are  very  rare,  but 
I  am  informed  that,  upon  the  affidavits  and  recollections  of  the 
survivors  of  one  of  these  expeditions,  the  historians  are  agreed  in 
saying  that  the  first  permanent  white  settlement  was  made  at 
Franklin,  Idaho,  fifty  years  ago  on  the  fourteenth  day  of  this  month. 
On  this  day  thirteen  families  were  located,  and  from  that  day  began 
their  struggle  to  subdue  the  then  bare  waste  of  Idaho  and  to  com- 
bat the  red  men.  During  the  summer  this  number  was  increased 
until  there  were  in  the  neighborhood,  of  sixty  families.  This  little 
band,  while  engaged  in  their  pursuit  for  subsistence,  built  the  first 
school  house  and  conducted  the  first  school  within  the  state  of 
Idaho.  ...Thus  the  first  foundation  stone  of  our  Commonwealth  was 
laid. 

I  desire  to  call  the  attention  of  the  people  of  our  great  state  of 
Idaho  that  the  citizens  of  Franklin  will  celebrate  the  fourteenth  and 
fifteenth  days  of  June,  1910,  in  commemoration  of  this  settlement 
by  the  Franklin  pioneers.  I,  therefore,  request  that  Wednesday, 
June  fifteenth,  1910,  be  observed  by  our  citizens  of  the  state  as 
"Idaho  Day,"  and  I  trust  that  each  one  of  us  on  this  day  will  mo- 
mentarily pause  and  reflect  upon  the  great  debt  we  owe  our 
pioneers,  and  to  pay  reverence  to  their  memory. 

IN  TESTIMONY  WHEREOF,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand 
and  caused  the  Great  Seal  of  the  State  of  Idaho  to  be  affixed. 

Done  at  the  Capitol  in  the  State  of 
Idaho  this  twenty-sixth  day  of  April 
in  the  year  of  our  Lord  One  Thou- 
sand Nine  Hundred  and  Ten. 

(Signed)  JAMES  H.  BRADY,  Governor. 

By  the  Governor. 
Secretary  of  State. 

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W.  B.  SLICK,  Pres.  and  Gen.  Mgr.  J.  W.  SLICK.Wce-Pres.  and  Treas. 

W.  E.  GRAY,  Secretary 

Direct'  rs: 
W.  B.  SLICK;  J.  W.  SLICK;  W.  E.  GRAY ;  EUGENE  BROWN;  ALEX  McGOWAN 

Slick  Bros.  Construction  Co.,  Ltd. 

Contracting  F  nginee's 
Principal  Office,  209-10-15-17  New  Mode  Building 

BOISE,  IDAHO 
Phones,  Bell  1420;  Ind.  988  "THE  MEN  WHO  DO  THINGS" 


SNAKE  RIVER  BRIDGE.  HIGH  WATER 


Historical 


LIST  how  the  I'liiled  States  acquired  tlu-  territory 
from  which  Idaho  was  formed,  is  somewhat  con- 
fusing as  presented  by  the  majority  of  text-book 
Writers.  Nearly  all  of  them  assign  it  as  a  part  of 
the  vast  area  included  in  the  Louisiana  Purcnase. 
This,  however,  is  hardly  correct.  The  territory 
known  as  "Oregon  Country,"  was  not  included  in 
the  tract  of  land  bought  from  France  in  that  purchase.  Mr.  Blaine, 
in  his  "Tweutv  Years  of  Congress,"  sets  forth  the  following  facts: 
"The  Louisiana  Purchase  did  not  extend  eastward  beyond  the  main 
line  of  the  Rocky  Mountains,  and  our  title  to  the  scope  of  country 
which  includes  the  states  of  Oregon,  Washington  and  Idaho  rests 
upon  a  different  foundation,  or  a  series  of  claims,  all  of  which  are 
strong  in  the  laws  of  nations."  We  claimed  it,  first,  by  right  of  the 
discovery  of  the  Columbia  River  by  an  American  navigator  in  1792; 
second,  by  the  right  of  prior  exploration  in  1805 ;  third,  by  settle- 
ment in  1810;  by  a  party  of  home-seekers  headed  by  John  Jacob 
Astor;  and  lastly  and  principally  by  the  transfer  of  title  from  the 
Spanish  government,  many  years  after  the  Louisiana  Purchase,  in 
1819. 

Washington  Territory  was  created  March  2,  1853,  and  included 
all  the  present  states  of  Washington,  Idaho  and  the  western  part  of 
?dontana.  Idaho  was  created  March  3,  1863,  from  parts  of  Dakota, 
Nebraska  and  Washington  Territories.  As  first  created  Idaho  em- 
braced 326,373  square  miles,  including  all  of  Montana  and  a  large 
portion  of  Wyoming.  In  1868  Idaho  was  reduced  to  its  present 
boundaries. 

Origin  cf  the  Name. 

The  name  Idaho  is  generally  supposed  to  be  a  corruption  of  an 
Indian  word  E-dah-hoe,  meaning  "The  Gem  of  the  Mountains"; 
some  claim  that  it  means  in  Indian  tongue,  "Shining  Mountain," 
but  the  terms  are  closely  synonymous.  The  poet  Joaquin  Miller 
claims  that  the  honor  of  naming  Idaho  belongs  to  Colonel  Craige 
and  dates  from  1861. 

A  writer  in  the  "New  West  Magazine,"  who  appeared  to  be 
well  informed,  declares  that  Idaho  is  not  a  Nes  Perce  word,  and 
says:  "The  mountain  that  Joaquin  Miller  speaks  of  may  be  named 
with  somewhat  similar  appellation,  but  most  likely  the  whole  story 
grows  out  of  the  fertile  imagination  of  the  poet.  Idaho  Springs, 
Colorado,  were  known  long  before  Idaho  Territory  was  organized." 
Colorado  should  have  been  named  Idaho.  It  was  the  name  first , 

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THE  FAMOUS 

Big  Lost  River  Project 

IN  SOUTHERN  IDAHO 


OPENING   OF  THE   BIG  LOST  RIVER  PRODUCT 


f\f\f\       A  Now  available   *or  entry   under   the 

L\  p  ype     Carey  Act,  with  Go verment  Protection 

,\J\J\J     r-\LxlCd     and  Supervision  at  all  times. 


upervision 


$40.50  per  Acre  for  Land  Permanent  Water  Right 


The  Price  of  Land 

AND  WATER  ON  FUTURE  PROJECTS  in  this 
State  will  range  from  $50.50  up  to  $65.50  per 
Acre,  for  the  same  kind  of  land,  the  same  climate 
and  same  markets,  etc.  WHY  DO  YOU  WAIT 
AND  PAY  THE  HIGHER  PRICES  WITH  THIS 
OPPORTUNITY  IN  VIEW? 


Go"  to  Arco,  via  Blackfoot,  Idaho,  select  your  land  and  make  your  filing 
NOW.     First  on  the  ground,  first  served 


FOR  FURTHER  INFORMATION  ADDRESS 

Clinton,  Hurtt  &  Co.  Boise,  Idaho 


placed  in  the  hill  which  created  Colorado  and  afterwards  changed. 

Pleased  by  the  beauty  of  the  country  William  H.  Wallace,  the 
delegate  to  congress  from  Washington  Territory  introduced  a  bill 
in  congress  creating  a  territory  out  of  the  eastern  part  of  Washing- 
tun  ,and  suggested  Idaho  as  an  appropriate  name.  The  bill  first 
passed  the  House  of  Representatives  and  naming  the  present  state 
cf  Idaho,  'Montana/  when  it  came  up  in  the  senate  for  considera- 
tion March  3,  1863.  Senator  Wilson  of  Massachusetts  moved  that 
the  name  be  changed  to  Idaho^  And  the  name  is  familiar  with  the 
Nes  Perce,  Shoshone,  and  Mat  I  lead  Indian  tribes;  so  says  Ex-sena- 
tor Nesmith  of  Oregon. 

First  Discoverers  and  Settlers. 

So  far  as  authentic  records  show,  the  first  white  men  to  enter 
Idaho  were  the  party  that  accompanied  Lewis  and  Clark  on  their 
exploring  expedition  in  1805-6.  They  passed  through  the  state  and 
along  the  Snake  River,  which  they  called  Lewis  Fork,  to  its  Junc- 
tion with  the  Columbia.  They  returned  through  Idaho  the  follow- 
ing year,  did  some  exploring  and  named  several  streams  and  places, 
such  as  Horse  Plains,  Red  Rock  Creeks,  Fish  Creek.  Salmon  River 
they  called  Sammanah  and  Quamash  Flats,  now  known  as  Camas 
Prairie. 

The  next  expedition  of  any  note  to  come  to  the  ''Gem  of  the 
Mountains"  was  Captain  Bonneville  who,  with  one  hundred  menr 
came  during  the  year  1834  in  his  search  for  the  outlet  of  Lake  Bon- 
neville. He  explored  the  southeastern  part  of  Idaho,  and  traced 
the  Port  Neuf  Rive  rto  the  Snake.  Both  of  these  expeditions  were 
merely  exploring  parties  and  made  no  attempt  at  settlement. 

In  the  same  year  Nathaniel  J.  Wyeth,  in  his  trip  across  the 
continent  established  "Old  Fort  Hall"  on  the  east  bank  of  the  Snake 
River,  north  of  the  present  site  of  Pocatello.  Wyeth  sold  "Fort 
Hall"  in  1836  to  the  Hudson  Bay  Company.  This  company  had 
already  established,  during  1835,  a  trading  post  at  old  "Fort  Boise." 
Both  these  posts  were  abandoned  by  the  Hudson  Bay  Company 
when  the  United  States  gained  undisputed  title  to  the  land. 

The  Indian  mission  at  Lapwai,  some  twelve  miles  from  the 
present  site  of  Lewiston,  was  established  during1  the  year  1836.  This 
was  the  first  mission  established  in  the  state.  During  the  year  1839 
the  missionaries  of  the  Sandwich  Islands  presented  to  the  Presby- 
terian missions  of  Oregon  a  printing  press,  with  type  which  was 
set  up  and  put  into  operation  during  the  same  year  at  Lapwai.  O.  E 
Hall  put  the  press  into  operation  and  began  printing  books  in  the 
Xez  Perce  language  to  be  used  in  the  Indian  schools.  This  was 
the  first  printing  office  on  the  Pacific  Coast  of  the /United  States. 
Thus  Idaho  has  the  honor  of  the  first  printing  office  in  the  West. 

Other  missions  and  trading  posts  were  established  in  various 
places,  and  at  different  times  through  the  state,  all  of  which  includ- 
ing the  ones  mentioned,  were  sooner  or  later  abandoned. 

During  the  early  Spring  of  1860,  a  little  band  of  six  families 
left  Provo,  Utah,  on  a  journey  northward  in  search  of  some  favor- 

[17] 


The  Oneida  Mercantile  Union 

Franklin,  Idaho 


c 


ONTINTKS  m  I,,,  the  Old  Reliable,  and  deals  in 
First  Class  Merchandise  at  lowest  possible 
prices  consist  cut  with  reliable  merchandising.  They 
a iv  headquarters  for  Dry  Goods.  Notions.  Staple  and 
Fancy  ( inn-erics.  ( Jlasswarc.  Crockery.  Hats.  Caps. 
Shoes  for  K V.TV body  and  Furnishings. 

An  inspection  of  their  immense,  well  selected 
.stock,  and  comparison  of  their  prices,  will  convince 
yon  that  yon  c^in  well  afford  to  make  your  pur- 
chases of  them  at  all  seasons. 


The  Oneida  Mercantile  Union 

Franklin,  Idaho 


Steam  and  Water  Fitting  neatly  and  scientifically  done 


Plumbing 


FRANCIS  THOMPSON 

Franklin,  Idaho 

Bell  Phone  27-Y  P.  O.  Box  33 


High   Grade   Plumber's  Supplies,   Paints,  Linseed  Oil 


[18] 


able  Spot  to  locate  and  build  l"<  T  themselves  future'  homes.  This 
little  baud  of  home  seeker^  belonged  to  the  Mormon  faith,  one  of 
the  policies  ol  which  was  to  expand  and  settle  new  territory.  Thev 
\\ere  travelling  under  the  directions  and  orders  from  the  head  of  the 
church.  They  arrived  at  Wcllsvillc,  ( 'ache  County,  I 'tali,  carlv  in 
April  and  after  a  few  (lavs  rest  and  wait  for  orders  from  the  leaders 
of  the  Mormon  Church,  who  were  located  in  I 'ache  Vallcv.  The 
order  for  them  to  proceed  to  the  east  side-  and  north  end  of  I 'ache 
Valley  and  locate  on  what  was  then  known  as  "  I  he  Muddv,"  now 
Cub  River.  They  left  Wellsville  early  the  morning  ,,f  the  10th  of 
April  and  that  night  re-ached  a  point  about  two  miles  southeast  of 
the  present  sidte  of  Franklin.  Mere  they  camped  for  three  days, 
while  a  road  could  be  constructed  and  a  bridge  built  across  Spring 
Creek.  During  their  stay  at  Camp  Cove,  as  it  was  called,  their  num- 
ber was  increased  to  twenty-three  families.  On  the  morning  of  April 
14,  1860,  they  all  left  Camp  Cove  and  arrived  at  their  newly-con- 
structed bridge  across  Spring  Creek,  where  they  were  stopped  by 
some  Indians.  After  some  discussion  the  emigrant  train  was  al- 
lowed to  pass  unmolested  and  arrived  on  the  present  townsite  of 
Franklin,  near  the  east  end  of  Main  street  at  ten  o'clock  that 
morning. 

The  Indians  of  the  vicinity  of  Franklin  at  the  time  of  its  settle- 
ment were  under  Chief  Kittemare  who  welcomed  the  whites  to  the 
land,  water  and  timber.  Kittemore  and  his  band  were  great  beg- 
gars, and  exacted  beef,  flour,  grain,  potatoes  and  other  provisions 
quite  often.  The  policy  of  the  people  was  to  feed  and  treat  the  In- 
dians kindly  rather  than  fight  them.  Their  requests  were  complied 
with  and  at  times  became  very  burdensome. 

There  was  a  great  difference  between  this  band  of  people  and 
those  who  had  visited  Idaho  before.  All  the  former  parties  were 
in  quest  of  gold  and  rich  furs,  that  they  could  barter  from  the  In- 
dians for  a  few  trinkets.  This  band  of  Pioneers  came  to  settle  here, 
build  up  the  country  and  conquer  the  sage  brush  wastes  ana  con- 
vert them  into  beautiful  homes  and  farms.  They  at  once  began  to 
plough  the  land  and  plant  crops  and  build  for  themselves  homes. 
Being  men  and  women  with  some  years  of  western  experience,  they 
knew  that  crops  could  not  be  grown  without  the  aid  of  irrigation. 
Thus  during  the  Spring  they  built  a  ditch  and  took  out  the  waters 
of  Maple  Creek  and  irrigated  their  crops  during  the  first  season, 
thus  laying  the  foundation  for  the  first  irrigation  system  in  the 
state. 

The  number  kept  increasing  until  by  Fall  their  were  about 
sixty  families  in  Franklin. 

The  houses  were  built  along  the  sides  of  a  square  enclosing 
a  rectangle  sixty  by  ninety  rods.  The  houses  were  all  constructed 
with  the  fronts  facing  the 'inside  of  the  square,  with  the  corrai*  ,*«td 
yards  outside.  Being  people  who  were  actually  hunting  homes  and 
desiring  to  settle  and  build  up  the  country,  and  they  were  necessar- 
ily industrious  and  hardworking  people.  During  the  spring  and 

[19] 


Ben  Franklin 


who  used  to  run  a  newspaper  down  east  years  ago, 
also  edited  an  almanac  which  contained  some  wise 
^.•lyings.  Here  is  one  of  them: 

"The  way  to  wealth,  if  you  desire  it,  is  as  plain 
as  the  way  to  market.  It  depends  chiefly  on  two 
\\ords — industry  and  frugality.  He  that  gets  all 
he  can  honestly  and  saves  all  he  gets  (necessary 
expenses  excepted)  will  certainly  become  rich." 

What  Ben  said  was  not  only  true  at  that  time 
but  it  still  holds  good  at  the  present  day. 

There  is  no  better  way  to  save  than  to  have  a 
hank  account — you  are  not  tempted  to  spend  it. 

We  will  be  glad  to  have  you  start  an  account 
at  this  bank. 

FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK 

Pre^lon,  Idaho 


Do  YOU  Know 

That  the   PUREST,   STRONGEST  SALT 
in  the  World  is  produced  at  our  New  Plant? 

Royal  Crystal  Shaker 
Ro>al  Crystal  Table 
Crown  Dairy,  Stock  Salt, 
Red  Rock  Lump 
Sulphurized  Rock 

"SALT  WITHOUT  A  FAULT" 
FOR  EVERY  PURPOSE 

Inland  Crystal  Salt  Co. 

Salt  Lake  City, 

[20] 


summer  of  1860  they  built  for  themselves  homes,  planted  and  har- 
vested crops  of  grain  and  vegetables,  constructed  roads  into  the  can- 
yons, so  that  they  could  get  what  timber  and  firewood  they  needed ; 
dug  a  small  irrigation  canal,  about  three  and  a  half  miles  long  with 
which  they  irrigated  their  crops;  erected  a  school  house  large 
enough  to  accommodate  all  the  children  of  the  settlement  and  ac- 
complished many  other  things  of  minor  importance.  The  writer  has 
been  impressed  in  collecting  his  data  with  the  wholesouledness  and 
unity  with  which  every  one  turned  out  on  public  works,  or  to  help 
a  neighbor  in  need.  In  many  instances  when  a  call  was  made  by 
those  presiding,  or  in  charge  in  the  settlement,  every  man  and  boy 
would  turn  out,  and  men  would  have  to  be  detailed  to  stay  at  home 
to  protect  the  women  and  children  from  the  Indians.  At  one  time 
when  a  call  was  made  to  work  on  the  irrigation  ditches  every  man 
and  boy  that  was  large  enough  to  do  so  went  to  wrork.  William 
Garner  and  a  crippled  boy  were  appointed  to  stay  at  home.  During 
the  day,  to  the  terror  of  all  in  the  settlement  seventeen  Redskin 
Warriors,  decorated  in  war  paints  and  feathers,  came  to  the  settle- 
ment. Mr.  Garner  entertained  the  Indians  until  the  crippled  boy 
could  make  the  ride  of  about  four  miles  on  horseback  and  notify  the 
men,  who  were  working  on-  the  ditch.  The  Indians  were  fed  and 
treated  with  kindness  and  soon  went  their  way  peaceably. 

Thomas  S.  Smart  was  captain  and  leader  of  the  first  company 
that  came  to  Franklin.  He,  with  Samuel  R.  Parkinson,  and  James 
Sanderson  formed  a  committee  of  three,  with  Alfred  Alder  as 
clerk,  who  had  charge  of  the  affairs  of  the  colony  during  the  first 
few  months  of  the  settlement.  This  committee  had  charge  of  all 
public  work,  presided  over  all  meetings  and  were  supervisors  of 
everything  of  a  public  nature. 

June  tenth,  1860,  Brigham  Young,  the  resident  of  the  Mormon 
church,  and  Governor  of  Utah,  came  to  Franklin  and  appointed 
Preston  Thomas  as  Bishop.  Franklin  at  this  time  and  up  to  the 
early  seventys  was  considered  to  be  in  Utah  and  all  political  affairs 
were  conducted  under  the  laws  of  that  territory. 

The  season  of  1860  was  very  dry,  and  Maple  Creek  afforded 
very  little  water,  but  the  crop  acreage  was  small  and  all  was  irri- 
gated. The  hay  used  in  those  days  were  the  wild  grasses  that  grew 
in  the  meadows  south  and  east  of  town.  Very  little  hay  was  out  up 
during  the  Summer  of  1860,  but  the  Winter  was  open  and  mild  and 
there  was  no  loss  of  cattle  on  that  account.  Soon  after  arriving  the 
people  selected  a  committee  of  three  of  their  number  whose  duty 
it  was  to  have  the  farm  and  haylands  surrounding  the  settlement 
surveyed  and  divided  into  one-acre  tracts  and  the  bench  east  of 
town,  five-acre  lots  in  the  bottoms  north  and  ten-acre  tracts  in  the 
meadows  south.  This  committee  also  had  the  allotting  of  the  lands 
to  the  settlers,  each  one  receiving  a  one-acre  tract  for  gardening. 
Owing  to  the  location  frost  did  not  do  the  damage  on  the  one-acre 
tracts  as  anywhere  else  surrounding  the  town.  These  lots  were 
used  principally  to  produce  sugar  cane,  from  which  molasses  was 

[21] 


LEADERS  IN 

Vehicles 

and 

Harness 


©  (5  ©  <5  (5 


[22] 


The  season  of  1S<>1  was  a  good  one  and  the  rich  soil  yielded 
Abundantly  and  a  good  harvest  of  wheat,  oats,  potatoes,  corn,  cab- 

hagc  and  other  garden  truck  was  gathered  that  fall.  Some  of  tlu- 
wheat  \\as  not  threshed  that  I- all  and  owing  to  the  very  mil'd  Win- 
ter of  '(>!  -J  got  infilled  and  consequently  many  .if  the  people  had  to 
eat  musty  bread.  The  rains  .if  the  Winter  were  very  disagreeable 
to  the  settlers,  tilling  their  cellars  with  water  and  their  "goyern- 
ment  shingles"  (dirt  roofs  i  would  not  stand  the  steady  downpour 
of  rain,  making  some  of  the  houses  as  wet  inside  as  they  were  on 
ihe  outside. 

I  hiring  the  Fall  and  early  Winter  of  IShJ  large  bands  of  In- 
dians under  Chiefs  Hear  llunter.  Sanguitch  and  I 'acatello,  had  col- 
lected at  the  mouth  of  Battle  Creek,  about  twelve  miles  northwest 
of  Kranklin  mi  the.  west  bank  of  Hear  Uiver.  Brigham  Young's 
well-known  policy  that  had  become  proverbial,  "It  is  cheaper  to  feed 
the  Indians  than  to  fight  them."  was  the  only  thing  that  had  made 
it  possible  for  the  settlers  to  exist  at  all.  The  peace  offerings  that 
settlers  \vere  compelled  to  give  the  exacting  Red  man  from  rime  to 
time  had  become  a  burdensome  tax  and  the  worst  of  it  was  that 
these  peace  offerings  did  not  furnish  immunity  from  Indian  thiev- 
e;  v  and  treachery.  NO  Mediterranean  pirate  ever  levied  tribute 
with  more  regularity  and  persistency  than  did  these  Indians,  i  neir 
begging,  exacting  and  stealing  had  gone  on  until  a  large  supply 
of  provisions  had  been  collected  which  was  to  form  a -base  of  sup- 
plies for  an  organized  system  of  raids  to  be  made  upon  the  white 
settlers  later  on  in  the  Spring.  Thanks  to  Providence  that  incidents 
came  about  which  caused  Colonel  E.  P.  Conner  to  make  that  mem- 
orable forced  march  from  Fort  Douglass,  near  Salt  Lake  City,  to 
Franklin  during  the  dead  of  the  cold  Winter  of  1862-3  and  the  fight 
at  Battle  Creek. 

Soon  after  Christmas,  1862,  David  Savage  and  William  Bevins, 
with  a  small  company  of  men,  came  down  from  Leesburg,  a  min- 
ing camp  on  the  Salmon  River  to  get  supplies  and  cattle.  They 
lost  their  way  in  a  blinding  storm  in  the  north  end  of  Cache  Val- 
ley and  kept  on  the  west  side  of  Bear  River.  When  the  storm 
cleared  off  they  found  themselves  about  west  of  Richmond.  Mak- 
ing a  boat  of  some  wagon  boxes,  the  party  crossed  the  river.  While 
the  last  boat  load  were  still  in  the  river  some  of  the  Indians  from 
the  Battle  Creek  camp,  who  had  followed  them,  came  upon  them 
and  began  shooting  at  them.  One  man  of  the  party  was  killed  and 
several  others  wounded.  The  survivors  hid  in  the  brush  and  during 
the  night  made  their  way  to  Richmond,  six  miles  south  of  Frank- 
lin, and  told  their  story.  In  the  morning  Bishop  Marriner  W.  Mer- 
rill of  Richmond  (afterwards  Apostle  Merrill),  sent  some  men  uown 
to  bring  up  the  dead  man  and  horses.  This  party  was  attacked  by 
a  large  band  of  Indians  but  succeeded  in  getting  the  dead  man's 
body  and  a  number  of  the  horses.  Bishop  Merrill  sent  the  message 
with  Savage  and  Bevins  to  Salt  Lake  City,  which  brought  Colonel 
Conners  with  200  soldiers  from  Fort  Douglas.  Col.  Conner  and  his 

1*3] 


men  arrived  at  Franklin  during  the  evening  of  January  28,  1863. 
On  the  27th  Bear  Hunter  and  a  party  of  his  warriors  came  to  Frank- 
lin and  exacted  twelve  sacks  of  Hour  (two  bushel  sacks)  and  wanted 
more,  and  when  the  people  hesitated  (seeming  to  them  more  than 
they  could  stand,  for  in  those  days  flour  was  scarce),  the  Indians 
surrounded  Bishop  Preston  Thomas's  house  and  held  a  war  dance, 
flourishing  their  tomahawks  and  threatening  the  people.  The  next 
day  Bear  Hunter  came  to  Franklin  for  wheat.  When  they  had  col- 
lected three  sacks  (between  six  and  seven  bushels),  the  soldiers 
came  in  sight  over  a  small  ridge  about  one  mile  south  of  town.  The 
old  warrior  did  not  seem  worried,  as  he  did  not  leave  until  the 
coldiers  were  close  to  town,  and  upon  going  some  one  said  to  him : 
"Here  comes  the  soldiers,  you  may  get  killed."  He  cooly  an.d  care- 
lessly remarked,  "Mav-be-sa  soldiers  get  killed  too,"  and  started  for 
camp  with  his  burden  of  wheat.  It  is  evident  though,  that  the  old 
fallow  became  a  little  worried  as  one  of  his  sacks  of  wheat  was 
picked  up  by  the  soldiers  next  morning  a^pyd^^jnile  out  of  town, 
£nd  the  other  two  before  they  reachedyPreston.  i*****- '^favd? 

Conner  and  his  men  camped  at  Franklin  that  night.  The  men 
all  seemed  eager  to.  get  at  the  Indians  and  left  the  post  at  3  o'clock 
January  29,  1863,  with  the  themometer  registering  far  below  zero. 
When  they  reached  the  Indian  camp  they  found  it  well  fortified 
with  rifle  pits  under  a  steep  bank  which  made  a  perfect  protection 
against  the  fire  of  the  soldiers  and  drove  them  back  three  different 
times.  The  cavalry  crossed  the  river  and  charged  the  Indians  first, 
but  were  driven  back,  fourteen  brave  soldiers  being  shot  dead  at 
the  first  volley  from  the  Indians'  guns.  Conner,  after  three  unsuc- 
cessful attempts  fell  back  and  divided  his  men  into  three  parties, 
sending  one  around  to  come  up  the  creek,  another  to  go  around  to 
the  north  and  come  down  the  creek,  while  he  attacked  from  the 
front.  The  two  divisions  that  went  up  and  down  the  creek  came  in 
behind  the  Indians  on  some  high  bluffs.  The  fight  began  in  earnest 
and  some  eye-witnesses,  that  are  still  living,  say  that  Conner  made 
"Good  Indians"  out  of  about  three  hundred  bad  ones  in  a  few  sec- 
onds— not  minutes.  The  fourteen  dead  and  forty-nine  wounded 
liers  were  hauled  to  Franklin  by  the  settlers,  where  they  were 
nursed  and  cared  for  with  the  very  best  that  the  people  had.  The 
<U-ad  and  wounded  were  taken  to  Fort  Douglas  by  teams  and 
sleighs  furnished  by  the  people  of  Franklin  and  other  settlements 
in  Cache  Valley. 

During-  the  battle  a  line  of  men  were  stationed  along  the  road 
from  the  top  of  the  hill  on  the  east  bank  of  Bear  River  to  Franklin, 
and  the  pro^rr  —  •  .1"  tlu-  tight  was  rapidly  transferred  from' one  to 
the  other  until  the  anxious  ones  in  the  fort  got  the  news.  Those 
WITI-  strenuous  moim-nts  fur  the  women  and  children  in  the  Fort, 

t  meant  that  if  tlu-  Indians  were  successful,  as  it  would  look 
during  the  forepart  of  the  battle,  they  must  make  a  run  to  the  set- 
tlements in  tin-  sortlu-rn  part  of  the  valley  for  their  lives,  such  as 
tlu-y  IK-VCT  had  brforc  made. 

[24] 


Chief  Bear  Hunter  was  among  the  "Good  Indians"  after  the 
battle.  As  nearly  as  can  be  learned  twenty-three  Indians  escaped, 
among  whom  were  Sagwitch  and  Pocatello,  but  they  were  never 
able  to  obtain  followers  of  a  warlike  disposition,  to  do  any  damage. 
Different  stories  are  told  as  to  how  many  Indians  were  killed. 
Colonel  Conner,  in  his  official  report,  places  it  at  224,  while  eye-wit- 
nesses, still  living  in  Franklin,  say  they  counted  368,  and  that  where 
the  last  fight  occurred  one  could  walk  on  dead  bodies  without  step- 
ping on  the  ground. 

While  this  battle  had  but  very  little  effect  on  the  northern  part 
of  the  state,  it  was  everything  to  southern  Idaho  as  it  has  been  said, 
"it  put  the  quietus,"  on  the  Indians  in  this  section  of  the  state. 

Two  more  passes  occurred  with  the  Indians  at  Franklin.  The 
first  of  a  revengeful,  cowardly  and  treacherous  nature  happened 
the  first  day  of  May,  1863.  While  in  the  canyon  about  three  miles 
northeast  of  town,  near  where  the  home  of  William  H.  Gibson  now 
stands,  for  fire-wood,  Andrew  Morrison  and  William  Howell  were 
attacked  by  three  buck  Indians.  Just  about  the  time  they  were 
getting  ready  to  leave  with  their  loads  an  Indian  came  upon  them 
and  began  to  talk  with  them.  After  discovering  that  Morrison  and 
Howell  were  unarmed  the  Indian  called  to  his  comrades,  who  had 
remained  behind  on  the  hill.  They  at  once  gave  a  murderous  war- 
whoop  and  came  running  down  to  the  assistance  of  their  comrade. 
Morrison,  being  able  to  speak  the  Indian  language,  tried  to  talk 
and  reason  with  them.  They  said  that  white  men  killed  Indians  at 
Battle  Creek,  and  they  were  going  to  kill. every  white  man  they 
could.  Morrison  offered  them  the  horses  if  they  would  let  him  go 
unharmed,  but  it  was  scalps  the  Indians  wanted,  rather  than  horses. 
Howell  wanted  Morrison  to  run  while  there  was  but  one  Indian 
near  them,  but  he  said  no,  "he  would  not  run  from  an  Indian."  They 
invited  the  Indians  to  get  on  their  loads  and  ride  down  to  the  town 
with  them,  which  invitation  the  Indians  accepted.  They  had  not 
proceeded  but  a  few  rods  when  Howell's  team  got  stuck  in  the 
creek-crossing.  While  the  two  white  men  were  working  to  get  the 
stalled  team  liberated  the  Indians  caught  them  off  their  guard  and 
shot  at  them  with  arrows.  Howell  was  missed  and  Morrison  re- 
ceived an  arrow  just  under  the  left  collar  bone.  As  he  fell  he  called 
to  Howell  to  run  as  he  was  shot  and  no  need  of  both  being  killed  if 
he  could  get  away.  Morrison  received  another  arrow  a  few  inches 
below  the  heart.  He  pulled  both  the  arrows  out,  but  the  spike 
came  loose  from  the  lower  one  and  remained  in  his  body,  lodged  in 
one  of  the  floating  ribs,  or  his  spine.  Howell  made  good  his  escape 
and  being  a  very  fast  runner  got  out  of  reach  of  the  arrows  before 
one  of  them  took  effect  on  him.  He  ran  all  the  way  to  town  and 
gave  the  alarm.  A  posse  of  men  were  at  once  sent  for  Morrison's 
body,  but  when  they  found  him  he  was  still  alive.  He  was  brought 
to  Franklin  and  S.  R.  Parkinson  was  sent  to  Salt  Lake  City  for 
medical  aid,  making  the  trip  of  220  miles  with  a  span  of  mules  and 
the  front  wheels  of  a  wagon  in  forty-eight  hours.  When  the  doc- 

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tor  ( Dr.  Anderson)  came,  he  made  an  examination,  but  found  that 
the  arrow  head  was  so  close  to  the  heart  that  he  dare  not  take  it 
out.  The  doctor  said  Morrison  could  not  live  and  filled  the  wound 
with  cotton  and  went  back  to  Salt  Lake  City  and  left  the  entire 
wound,  a  cut  of  about  three  and  one-half  inches,  open.  Morrison 
recovered,  however,  and  lived  for  twenty-seven  years,  carrying  the 
arrow  head  to  his  grave  with  him. 

Tin.-  minute-men  were  called  out  and  went  after  the  Indians, 
but  before  they  overtook  them  they  had  joined  a  band  of  several 
hundred  strong.  The  minute-men  followed  them  into  Gentile  Val- 

some  forty  miles  north  of  Franklin,  but  had  to  come  back  with- 
out either  the  horses  or  Indians. 

During  the  Spring  of  1864  the  Indians  had  been  giving  little 
or  no  trouble  for  some  time,  and  the  settlement  was  rapidly  grow- 
ing, and  the  people  deemed  it  advisable  to  move  out  of  the  Fort, 
and  the  town  was  surveyed,  and  the  people  built  on  their  lots  that 
were  allotted  to  them  by  the  presiding  authorities. 

All  went  well  and  peaceably  with  the  little  colony  as  it  now  be- 
gan  to  take  upon  itself  the  appearance  of  a  civilized  town,  and 
shake  off  some  of  its  frontier  fort  appearance.  The  Summer  was 
favorable,  and  abundant  crops  were  harvested.  But  during  the  Fall 
an  incident  occurred  which  came  within  a  "hair's-breadth"  of  cost- 
ing every  man,  woman  and  child  in  the  place  their  scalp. 

About  a  thousand  Indians  on  a  migration  and  hunting  expedi- 
tion were  going  through  the  country  under  the  leadership  of  Chief 
\Yashakie.  These  Indians  were  a  peaceful  band  and  quite  friendly 
with  the  whites.  They  camped  for  a  short  rest  in  the  river  bot- 
toms north  of  Franklin  and  while  there  some  of  the  young  war- 
riors came  up  town.  Some  of  them  procured  a  quantity  of  liquor 
from  two  of  the  citizens.  One  of  the  drunken  Indians  got  on  his 
horse  and  ran  up  and  down  the  street  trying  to  run  over  every 
"lie  he  came  in  contact  with.  Finally  he  knocked  down  a  woman, 
Mary  Ann  Alder,  and  was  trying  to  trample  her  to  death,  when 
I'en  Chad  wick,  who  was  driving  the  horse-power  on  a  near-by 
threshing  machine.  u"t  a  pistol  and  shot  and  wounded  the  Indian 
in  the  neck.  Chad  wick  made  his  escape.  This  enraged  the  Indians 
and  they  immediately  went  on  the  war  path.  Washakie  siezed 
Samuel  llatidv  at  whose  place  the  threshing  was  being  done,  and 
after  snapping  Irs  revolver  in  llandy's  face  six  times,  and  finding 
all  the  chamber-  empty,  rsed  it  as  a  club  and  beat  Handy  nearly 
to  death.  llandy's  wife  interfered  and  the  enraged  chief  knocked 
her  down  and  tore  her  clothes  all  off  her.  and  would  have  killed 
'her  had  not  an  under  chief  named  Alma  interfered.  Robert  Hull 
uas  captured  and  held  as  prisoner  on  a  knoll  about  a  quarter  ol  a 
mile  from  town.  The  Indian-  would  dance  around  him  with  drawn 
tomahawks  and  other  instruments  of  torture,  and  make  him  call 
for  the  bishop.  l;inally  about  ten  o'clock  Ui.shop  L.  II.  Hatch,  with 
Armeuiis  M.  NYelev  as  interpreter  and  Alexander  Stalker  went  to 
the  Indian  camp  and  Hull  was  liberated  and  come  to  town.  The 

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Indians  demanded  Chadwick.  the  man  who  shot  the  Indian,  that 
they  might  put  him  to  death  by  some  torturous  method.  Their 
re(juest  was  granted  by  promises,  hut  Chadwick  was  miles  away 
and  escaped  torture,  and  is  alive  today  to  tell  the  story.  Bishop 
ih'tch  and  his  party  then  wanted  to  come  back  home,  hut  the  In- 
dians would  not  let  them  come.  The  1>ishop  said  "allright"  lie  was 
going  t<»  go  to  sleep  as  it  was  near  midnight  and  he  was  tired. 
Me  rolled  over  as  though  he  was  going  to  sleep.  The  Indians  then 
i  eld  a  short  council  among  themselves,  ami  >o<>n  let  the  prisoners 
go  home.  A.S  >oon  as  the  trouble  began  William  L.  \\'ebster  mount- 
ed the  best  horse  in  town  and  started  south  through  the  settle- 
ments to  notify  the  minute-men,  and  by  moonlight  they  began 
coming  to  I;ranklin  with  their  guns  and  ammunition  and  by  day- 
1-ght  three  hundred  armed  men  were  in  town.  The  Indians,  through 
their  scouts,  learned  of  the  minute-men's  coming  and  began  soon 
after  midnight  to  pack  up  and  send  their  squaws  and  papposses 
across  Cub  River  and  started  them  out  for  Bear  Lake  Valley.  Next 
morning  peace  was  made  with  the  Indians  for  four  beeves  and 
twelve  saeks  of  flour.  The  two  men  who  sold  the  Indians  the  liquor 
had  to  furnish  the  oxen  and  the  community  the  flour. 

During  the  argument  that  took  place  at  the  peace  meeting  one 
of  the  finest  and  most  picturesque  examples  of  eloquence  inai  is 
characteristic  of  the  highest  type  of  American  savage  was  made  by 
Chief  Washakie.  His  theme  was,  "Put  Yourself  in  My  Place." 
The  savage  brought  home  to  the  Christian  the  beauty  of  the 
eleventh  commandment :  "Do  Unto  Others  as  You  Would  That 
They  Should  Do  Unto  You'' ;  and  his  brief  speech  was  a  temperance 
sermon  besides.  He  said,  "Until  the  white  man  come  there  was 
no  fire  water,  and  the  Indian  was  sober ;  your  people  sold  fire  water 
to  my  people  and  made  my  warrior  loco  (crazy).  If  my  people  had 
sold  fire  water  to  your  braves  and  made  them  drunken,  how  would 
you  feel  about  it?  Would  you  like  to  see  him  shot  down  like  a 
clog,  because  he  made  a  fool  of  himself?  Will  the  White  Father  put 
himself  in  Washakie's  place?'' 

Samuel  Handy  was  robbed  by  the  Indians  of  everything  in  the 
way  of  clothing,  food,  cattle,  chickens  and  everything  on  the  place, 
of  which  they  thought  they  could  make  use.  The  threshing  ma- 
chine belonged  to  Joseph  Hendricks  and  it,  like  Mr.  Handy,  was 
robbed  of  all  belts,  chains,  tools  and  anything  that  the  Indians 
thought  they  could  use.  The  treaty  was  finally  made  for  the  above 
stated  amount  of  property  and  all  was  well  between  Washakie's 
band  and  the  whites  again.  This  was  the  last  trouble  the  Red  man 
ever  gave  the  citizens  of  Franklin. 

One  of  the  first  things  that  the  sturdy  pioneers  undertook  was 
the  education  of  the  rising  generations.  During  the  Summer  of 
1860  a  log  school  house  was  erected  as  near  the  center  of  the  fort 
as  could  be  selected.  This  house  was  used  for  school,  church, 
amusements  and  all  public  gatherings.  School  was  begun  early  dur- 
ing the  fall  of  1860  with  Hannah  Cornish  as  teacher,  thus  laying 

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the  cornerstone  in  the  foundation  of  the  educational  system  of  the 
commonwealth  of  Idaho,  this  being  the  first  school  taught  for  white 
pupils  within  the  boundaries  of  the  present  state.  The  next  year 
school  was  taught  by  George  A.  Davy  and  in  '61-3  by  William 
Woodward.  The  old  log  school  house  became  too  small  and  had 
to  be  enlarged  for  the  coming  season.  School  was  taught  each 
>ear  from  then  until  the  present  time.  During  the  Spring  of  '65 
work  was  begun  and  the  rock  meeting-house  and  the  rock  school- 
house  was  built  during  1866.  It  was  a  good  sandstone  structure ; 
was  twenty-five  by  forty  feet,  with  a  good  shingle  roof  and  ac- 
ommodated  the  town  for  a  long  time  as  a  school-house,  and  stood 
until  it  was  torn  down  to  make  room  for  the  present  brick  struc- 
ture. 

The  "Mormon"  meeting-house,  which  still  stands  in  good  re- 
pair was  begun  during  the  spring  of  1$65.  When  the  structure  was 
nearing  completion,  the  roof  ralrm^wing  to  bad  architecture.  The 
people  were  disheartened,  as  tlrey  had  worked  hard  and  faithfully 
with  the  hopes  o/soon  having  a  place  where  they  could  meet  and 
be  comfortable  and  enjoy  themselves.  The  building  stood  in  its 
ruinous  condition  for  nine  years,  when  it  was  eventually  taken  hold 
of  and  completed. 

The  old  rock  school-house  that  has  been  mentioned  before  was 
begun  one  year  later  than  the  meeting-house,  and  pushed  to  com- 
pletion that  season.  The  lumber  that  was  used  in  these  buildings 
was  hauled  from  Bear  Lake  with  ox  teams  over  a  round-about  road 
some  fifty  miles  in  length. 

The  saw-mill  business  of  our  state  had  its  beginning  at  Frank- 
lin during  the  year  1861  by  Joshua  Messervy  in  the  form  of  a 
"pit  saw"  which  is  a  saw-mill  constructed  by  digging  a  hole,  or  pit, 
in  the  ground  deep  enough  for  a  man  to  stand  in.  The  logs,  or 
timbers,  that  were  to  be  cut  into  lumber,  were  then  rolled  over  the 
pit  and  with  one  man  under  the  logs  and  another  on  top  with  a 
large  saw  with  handles  on  each  end,  the  log  was  slowly  ripped  into 
lumber.  What  would  one  of  our  modern  lumbermen  think  of 
attacking  one  of  our  forests  in  the  northern  part  of  the  state  today 
•vith  a  mill  of  this  kind? 

In  1863  Samuel  R.  Parkinson  and  Thomas  Smart  built  a  more 
modern  saw-mill  which  was  operated  by  water-power,  a  few  rods 
west  of  the  present  residence  of  Bishop  S.  C.  Parkinson.  The  story 
is  told  in  a  joking  way  that  Messorvey  could  cut  more  lumber  in 
the  same  time  than  could  the  new  mill.  In  1872  Flave  Green 
brought  to  1- rank  1  in  a  steam  sawmill  and  set  it  up  in  one  of  the 
near-by  canyons  and  this  solved  the  question  of  building  material 
for  the  surrounding  country.  Lumber  from  this  mill  was  hauled 
to  all  parts  of  Cache  Valley. 

During  tin-  yar  1865  L.  H.  Hatch,  James  Howarth  and  John 
Goaslind  built  atfnir  mill,  the  fallen-down  ruins  of  which  are  now 
on  the  Howartrr  homestead.  To  a  young  person  of  today  it  would 
be  interesting  to  visit  this  old  mill  and  compare  the  wooden  snaits, 

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the  wooden  gearings,  some  pin  ??.  ?  cog,  the  wooden  bearings  in 
which  they  operated,,  the  wooden  worms  used  in  the  transmission 
•  •t"  the  grains  andWcmr,  and  the  old  stone  burro  between  which  the 
wheat  was  ground,  the  old  wooden  water  wheel  that  set  the  mill 
in  motion  with  the  present  modern,  up-to-date,  four-story  mill 
which  stands  a  little  northwest  of  town,  and  note  the  contrast. 

The  North  Star  Woolen  mills,  located  about  two  miles  east  of 
Franklin  were  built  by  the  Franklin  Co-operative  Mercantile  Com- 
pany in  1877  and  was  the  pioneer  institution  of  its  kind  in  the  state; 
and  is  probably  the  only  one  of  its  kind  in  operation  today  in  Idaho. 

The  mercantile  institution  from  which  the  present  Oneida  Mer- 
cantile Union  grewxavas  incorporated  under  the  name  "Franklin 
Co-op  Store,"  in  18^with  William  Woodward,  Charles  W.  Fox, 
AYilliam  T.  Wright,  Samuel  R.  Parkinson  and  Alexander  Stalker  as 
directors,  and  Alevander  Stalker  as  manager,  clerk  and  book-keeper. 
The  store  was  kept  in  the  vestry  of  the  meeting  house. 

Franklin  was  first  incorporated  as  a  city  under  the  laws  of 
Utah  Territory,  February  19,  1868,  and  is  described  in  the  act  creat- 
ing it  as  follows,  "Commencing  at  a  point  efghty  rods  east  from 
the  northeast  corner  of  Lorenzo  H.  Hatch  &  Co.'s  grist  mill,  thence 
west  four  miles,  thence  south  four  and  one-half  miles  thence  east 
four  miles,  thence  north  four  and  one-half  miles  to  the  place  of 
beginning."  Franklin  at  that  time  covered  eighteen  square  miles 
or  sections,  or  eleven  thousand  five  hundred  and  twenty  acres.  The 
village  boundaries  today  embrace  about  six  hundred  and  fifty 'acres, 
or  a  little  more  than  one  square  mile.  We  have  not  yet  reached 
the  expectation  of  our  founders. 

The  first  person  to  suggest  the  celebration  of  the  fiftieth  an- 
niversary of  the  settlement  of  Idaho  was  William  Woodward,  some 
two  years  ago.  Mr.  Woodward  was  near  the  close  of  years  allotted 
to  man  at  that  time,  and  failing  quite  rapidly.  He  had  a  great 
desire  to  live  to  take  part  in  the  great  event,  but  that  privilege  was 
no  granted  him.  The  idea  was  kept  alive  by  some  of  Franklin's 
leading  citizens,  and  at  the  celebration  of  the  24th  of  July,  1909,  the 
people  took  up  the  matter  and  the  board  of  village  trustees  was 
appointed  as  a  central  committee  to  attend  to  the  work.  The  vil- 
lage trustees  did  not  do  anything  with  it  and  during  the  Winter  the 
people  again  took  hold  of  the  matter  and  a  central  committee,  con- 
sisting of  twenty  representative  citizens  of  Southern  Idaho,  and 
northern  Utah,  all  of  whom  at  one  time  were  citizens  of  Franklin, 
was  formed.  This  committee  met  at  Franklin  and  chose  L.  L. 
Hatch  as  chairman,  S.  C.  Parkinson,  Dr.  G.  W.  States  as  first  and 
second  vice-chairmen,  E.  P.  Monson,  secretary  and  I.  H.  Nash  as 
treasurer.  They  appointed  a  number  of  sub-committees  and  set  the 
work  in  order.  Arrangements  have  gone  on  smoothly  since.  One 
of  the  first  pieces  of  work  completed  for  the  coming  event  was 
the  building  of  the  figures  "1860"  on  the  east  side  of  Mt.  Simart 
(commonly  known  as  <fThe  Little  Mountain").  They  stand  for  the 
date  which  the  pioneers  came  to  Franklin.  These  figures  are  thir- 

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ty-seven  feet  high  by  thirty  feet  wide,  the  entire  number  covering 

pace  one  hundred   forty-one   by  thirty-seven  and  one-half  feet. 

The   material  used  in   their  construction  was  twenty-five  hundred 

•nds  of  Portland  cement,  ten  bushels  of  lime  and  rock  from  the 

adjoining  hill  side,  and  seven  hundred  gallons  of  water,  hauled  from 

town,     it   required  the  labor  of  twelve  men  and  three  teams  two 

days  to  construct  them. 

When  the  committee  took  up  its  labors  at  the  first  meeting  of 
the  Central  committee  a  load  was  lifted  off  the  shoulders  of  Chair- 
man Hatch  by  Thomas  Smart,  Jr.,  proposing  to  join  any  number 
nen  and  erect  a  monument  in  honor  of  the  pioneers.  Samuel  C. 
Parkinson,  Hyrum  Hatch,  Joseph  B.  Scarbraugh  and  Thomas  G. 
Lowe  volunteered  to  join  him  in  this  work  with  the  necessary  time 
and  money.  All  who  wanted  to  come  in  and  help  on  the  monu- 
ment and  bear  an  egual  amount  of  the  expense  were  invited.  James 
W.  Webster.  Win."  H:  Mendenhall,  Wrfight  Brothers,  Dunkley 
Brothers  and  Doney  Brothers  all  joined.  The  contract  for  the 
building  and  erection  of  a  rustic  style  granite  monument  from  the 
Cotton  Wood  quarry  near  Salt  Lake  City,  was  let  to  Brown  and 
Hansen.  marble  workers  of  Logan,  Utah. 

The  monument  was  built  and  brought  to  Franklin  Saturday, 
Ma\  JS.  During  its  erection  some  articles,  such  as  the  Bible,  Book 
of  Mormon,  L.  D.  S.  Hymn  Book,  some  newspapers,  some  coins, 
photos,  a  biographical  sketch  of  the  pioneers,  and  a  United  States 
were  placed  in  a  small  vault  which  had  been  prepared  in  the 
top  of  the  large  base  stone.  The  vault  was  then  sealed  with  ce- 
ment and  the  shaft  of  the  monument  placed  on  top  of  it,  and  the 
erection  completed. 


A  SHORT  BIOGRAPHICAL  SKETCH  OF  THE  HEADS  OF 

THE  PIONEER  FAMILIES  WHO  CAME  TO 

FRANKLIN  DURING  THE  YEARS 

YEARS  1860-3. 

Alfred  Alder,  village  blacksmith. 

Alder  \va>  a  tailor  by  trade  and  made  his  livelihood  by 
tiiat  occupation.     He  also  operated  a  small  farm. 

Knodi   I'.n.dbeiit   was  the  town  butcher  and  did  the  slaughter- 
ing fur  the  settlement. 

Thomas   IJurnett    was  a  farmer. 

J"h"    Bi  med  a  livelihood  by  working  in  the  canyons  as 

a   lumberman:  cut   some  of  the  first  lumber  used  in  the  state  of 
Idaho.      IK-  also  kept   a  small   garden  farm. 

Alexander  I'.awthwick  was  a  Scottish  fanner  and  did  consider- 
able labor  for  his  neighbors  that  were  in  need  of  help. 

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Richard  Coulters  was  a  quiet  peacable,  unassuming  man  of  not 
much  note,  and  did  not  figure  much  in  public  affairs. 

Nephi  Cornish  was  one  of  the  first  stage  actots  of  the  town 
and  quite  a  successful  farmer. 

John  Cornish  kept  himself  busy  on  his  farm  and  is  slill  follow- 
ing that  occupation. 

Benjamin  Chadwick,  one  of  Franklin's  minute-men  was  a  horse- 
man of  considerable  note. 

James  Chad  wick  was  a  stone  mason.  Some  of  his  work  may 
be  seen  today  in  the  L.  D.  S.  meeting-house  at  Franklin  ;  also  a 
rock  dwelling,  now  owned  by  Ella  Mbnson,  which  he  built  for  him- 
self some  forty  years  ago. 

Joseph  Chadwick,  a  miner  and  prospector,  also  did  some  farm- 
ing. He  hailed  from  the  gold  fields'  of  California. 

George  W.  Crocheron  had  some  literary  talent ;  composed  some 
lyric  poetry.  He  was  also  a  farmer. 

William  Corbridge,  like  Enoch  Broadbent,  was  a  farmer  and 
butcher. 

John  Corbridge,  Jr.,  is  one  of  our  successful  farmers  of  today. 
His  present  farm  is  located  some  five  miles  northwest  of  Franklin. 
Me  followed  the  occupation  of  farming  since  he  came  to  Idaho. 

William  K.  Cornish  came  from  the  Isle  of  Mann  and  followed 
the  occupation  of  farming. 

Joseph  Dunkley,  before  coming  to  Franklin,  worked  at  Calica 
printing.  After  his  emigration  he  became  a  farmer. 

John  Doney  was  one  of  Franklin's  most  successful  farmers  and 
dairy  men.  He  owned  a  farm  of  160  acres,  joining  the  town  on 
the  east,  which  he  handed  down  to  his  children  when  he  went  to 
reap  harvests  in  "That  bright  land  afar/'  He  and  h's  faithful  wife, 
Ann,  who  still  survives  him,  crossed  the  plains  with  the  hand-cart 
company  in  1856;  walking  all  the  way  from  Council  Bluffs  to  Salt 
Lake  City. 

Robert  Dowdle  gained  his  livelihood  principally  as  a  common 
laborer ;  was  one  of  the  early  minute-men  and  in  latter  years  became 
?  farmer.  He  was  an  excellent  axeman — one  that  could  hew  to  the 
bne. 

George  A.  Davey,  Franklin's  second  school  teacher ;  taught 
school  in  the  old  fort  school-house  during  the  years  of  1861-2.  and 
for  some  time  afterwards. 

Ephraim  Elsworth  was  a  common  laborer  and  farmer. 

George  Foster  was  an  English  Waterloo  veteran  ;  made  a  liv- 
ing after  coming  to  Franklin  by  farming. 

Charles  W.  Fox  was  a  stone  mason;  helped  to  build  the  pres- 
ent L.  D.  S.  meeting-house;  also,  like  Chadwick,  built  for  him- 
self a  large  stone  dwelling  some  forty  years  ago,  now  the  home 
of  Hon.  L.  L.  Hatch.  He  also  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  first 
mercantile  business  of  the  state,  established  at  Franklin  in  the 
early  'sixties. 

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William  Fluitt,  a  typical  frontiersman,  was  a  farmer  and  sheep 
raiser;  froze  to  death  on  one  of  his  exploring  trips  during  the  Win- 
ter of  1863. 

John  Frew  was  a  common  laborer.  Mr.  Frew  had  considerable 
talent  along  the  line  of  vocal  music. 

James  Frew,  a  farmer,  horse  and  cattle  raiser  is  at  present  lo- 
cated on  his  farm  2  1-2  miles  west  of  the  town  of  Preston,  Idaho. 

Robert  Gregory  was  a  successful  farmer  after  the  English  style 
of  doing  things  on  the  farm. 

William  Garner  made  himself  conspicuous  as  a  builder  and  re- 
pairer of  irrigation  ditches. 

John  Goaslind,  a  millwright  and  carpenter,  built  the  first  flour 
mill  of  the  state.  Part  ©f  the  old  wooden  machinery  and  ruins  of 
the  building  still  stand  on  the  site,  one  and  one-fourth  miles  north- 
east of  Franklin. 

Arnold  Goodleif  was  a  miller  by  trade  and  worked  along  that 
line  during  his  stay  at  Franklin. 

Lorenzo  H.  Hatch,  a  carpenter  by  trade,  was  the  second  bishop 
of  Franklin  ecclesiastical  ward  and  one  of  the  energetic  men  of 
the  early  days  of  Franklin  and  Idaho,  serving  his  people  two  terms 
in  the  Territoral  legislature,  and  was  first  mayor  of  the  city  of 
Franklin. 

•  >rgc  Hampton  came  to  Franklin  when  a  boy  about  fourteen 
years  of  age,  learned  the  carpenter  trade  and  followed  that  line  of 
work  until  the  present  time. 

T.  C.  H.  Howell  was  a  veteran  of  the  Mormon  Battalion  that 
unit  to  the  Mexican  war;  was  the  first  justice  of  peace  elected  by 
the  people  soon  after  their  arrival  at  Franklin. 

Sarah  Hampton,  a  widow  with  four  children,  came  acrosss  the 
plains  in  the  hand-cart  company  and  moved  to  Franklin  in  the 
Spring  of  1860;  married  shortly  after  coming  to  Franklin  to  Wil- 
liam Rodgers. 

Samuel  Huff,  the  shoe-maker  of  the  town,  gained  his  livelihood 
in  his  humble  line  of  work. 

Samuel  Handy,  in  the  early  days  of  the  settlement,  was  the 
town  herdsman  and  attended  to  the  herds  and  flocks  of  the  people. 
Handy  became  a  farmer,  which  occupation  he  followed  the  remain- 
der of  his  life  ;  was  a  minute-man  and  figured  quite  prominently  in 
some  of  the  Indian  troubles. 

Henry  Hobbs  was  a  gardner  and  a  man  gifted  with  musical 
talent. 

William  II.  I  U-;ul  was  captain  of  the  first  company  of  cavalry 
which  was  a  local  organization  organized  for  the  purpose  of  pro- 
ion  against  the  Indians.  He  was  also  a  musician. 

Martha  1 ).  ilawland  came  to  Franklin  as  a  widow;  was  at 
one  time  the  wife  of  Bill  Hickman ;  sustained  her  family  by  teach- 
ing school. 

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Robert  Hull,  a  rock  mason  and  a  farmer,  figured  quite  con- 
spicuously in  the  early  Indian  troubles  of  Franklin ;  at  one  time  was 
taken  prisoner  by  a  band  of  Red  warriors.  He  was  liberated,  but 
was  finally  killed  by  an  Indian  in  cold  blood  at  Blackfoot,  about 
the  year  1886. 

William  Hull  was  a  farmer;  was  an  expert  hand  with  the  old 
""Armstrong  binder,''  known  as  a  cradle. 

Thomas  Hull  was  a  farmer  and  like  his  brother  William  could 
bind  the  grain  by  hand  at  about  the  same  speed  that  William  could 
ciadle  it. 

Charles  W.  Halbo,  during  the  early  days  of  Franklin,  was  a 
farmer,  while  his  wife  conducted  the  village  hotel.  They  were  both 
conspicuous  singers  and  faithful  members  of  the  L.  D.  S.  choir. 

William  Handy,  a  farmer  of  Whitney,  some  three  miles  north- 
west of  Franklin,  was  one  of  the  first  to  come  upon  the  present 
site  of  the  town,  and  was  one  of  the  early  day  minute-men. 

Dahnes  Keel  was  the  fiddler  and  a  farmer  and  a  very  industri- 
ous man. 

Edward  Kingsford,  a  man  of  English  descent  was  a  successful 
f  aimer. 

Peter  Lowe  was  a  farmer  of  Scottish  descent ;  was  a  peaceful, 
good  citizen;  also  an  Old  Country  mason  and  brick-layer. 

Thomas  Lowe,  a  carpenter  and  lumberman,  established  a 
shingle  mill  about  1865  and  sawed  the  first  shingles  in  the  state, 
after  which  the  dirt  roofs  began  to  disappear.  He  presided  as  act- 
ing bishop  of  the  ward  for  some  time  in  the  seventys'. 

George  Lee  was  a  common  laborer  and  good  citizen,  and  tilled 
a  small  farm  of  his  own. 

John  Lord,  a  Scotchman,  gained  a  livelihood  by  weaving  cloth 
and  carpets. 

Thomas  Mendenhall  was  a  farmer  and  "traveling  merchant," 
making  regular  monthly  trips  between  Franklin  and  Salt  Lake  City, 
and  took  orders  to  deliver  anything  that  the  settlers  along  the  route 
wanted. 

Thomas  Mendenhall,  Jr.,  one  of  Franklin's  honorable  citizens, 
was  a  farmer  and  stock-raiser;  owns  a  large  cattle  ranch  and  farm 
four  miles  west  of  Preston,  Idaho. 

John  Morrison  was  a  hardy  farmer  of  Irish  decent. 

Thomas  McCann  was  a  witty  Irish  farmer.  Astory  is  told 
of  his  mowing  hay  with  a  scythe  in  early  days  and  he  laid  ins  nat 
clown  where  he  cut  one  swath  and  when  asked  what  he  did  that  for 
said,  "so  I  can  tell  where  to  start  in  on  the  next  swath." 

Joshua  Messeorvy,  a  cabinet-maker  and  cooper,  and  all  around 
mechanic,  manufactured  the  furniture  and  buckets  and  barrels  used 
in  Franklin  and  surrounding  settlements. 

Joshua  Messeorvy,  Jr.,  was  a  self-made  man  and  a  genius  of 
some  little  note. 

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John  Messeorvv.  a  veteran  of  Captain  Lot  Smith's  company,  is 
a  farmer  and  stock-raiser  of  Idaho  Falls,  Idaho,  at  present. 

loseph    Messeorvv.   son   of  Joshua,   assisted   his   father  in   his 
work  as  a  cabinet-maker,  and  afterwards  became  a  school  teacher 
-;iake   River  Valley. 

•all  Marshall  was  a  widow  with  a  large*  family  of  girls  and 
soon  after  coming  to  Franklin  became  the  wife  of  Joseph  Chad- 
v.  ick. 

Mrs.  Mavberrv.  a  widow,  with  her  two  sons,  were  successful 
farmers  and  wheat  raisers. 

Andrew   Morrison   was  one  of  the  minute-men  and  a  farmer. 

While  in  the  canyon  during  1863  he  had  his  team  stolen  and  was 

•  by  Indians.    The  head  of  the  arrow,  after  passing  into  his  body, 

1'  dged  in  the  spine,  where  it  remained  until  his  death  twenty-seven 

afterwards. 

Uaac  II.  Xash  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade,  who  instilled  his  \>ro- 

:»n  into  each  « .f  his  three  sons.  Mr.  Xash  was  a  very  prominent 
character  in  the  ward  as  a  choir  leader,  singer,  Sunday  school  sup- 
erintendent, stage  actor  and  play-writer ;  had  considerable  talent 
in  a  literary  line,  especially  lyric  poetry.  Many  of  his  songs 
are  now  being  sung  by  the  Sunday  school  children. 

Amenus  M.  Xeeley  was  a  farmer  of  some  little  note  and  an 
Indian  interpreter  of  the  early  days  of  Franklin. 

William  <i.   Nelson  was  an  industrious  farmer.     He  was  chief 

of  the  night   guard  and  at   one  time  was  deputy  sheriff.     He  sur- 

rd    the   first    irrigation    ditches   for   the   farmers   and   the   town. 

J'-eph   S.   Nelson,  the  first  captain  of  the  minute-men,  was  a 
it  Indian  fighter  and  spent  nearly  all  his  time'  of  the  years  1860-3 
in  Indian  affairs.     In  the  Spring  of  1864  he  left  Franklin  and  moved 
to    Hear    Lake    Valley,   where   he   took   up   farming,   which   occupa- 
tion he  still  follows. 

William  <  i.  Nelson  built  the  first  house  in  Franklin.  He  be- 
came the  first  bishop  of  Oxford,  fifteen  miles  northwest  of  Frank- 
lin. Here  he  built  the  tir-t  shingle  roofed  house  in  the  town. 

James  <  Miverson.  a  worthy  citizen  and  a  farmer,  who  had  been 
lilor.  lives  in  Franklin  at  the  present  time.  He  is  noted  for  his 
bom-sty  in  hi-  dealings  with  his  fellow  men.  Mr.  Oliverson  draws 
a  pen -i.  .n  as  an  Indian  veteran. 

mel    l\.    Parkinson   was  one  of  the  minute-men  and  was  a 
leading  man  of  affairs  ;  served  as  counsellor  to  the  bishop  for  thirty-' 
.;iid   i-   at    present    an   honored    Patriarch   of  the   Oneida 
Stake  of  /ion.     Mr.   Parkinson  took  a  prominent  part  in  surveying 
the   toAvn  of    Franklin,  the  only   instruments  used  being  the   North 
and  the  carpenter'*,  square.     He  served  some  time  on  Idaho's 
board  of  M-hool  trustees;  wa^  also  first  sheriff  and  first  marshal 
the  city  of    Franklin:   was  also  one  of  the  first   successful   mer- 
s  of  the  town. 

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Shem  Purnell  was  one  of  Franklin's  first  blacksmiths  and  finally 
became  a  prosperous  farmer. 

Joseph  Perkins,  a  Welch  Collier,  after  emigrating,  adopted 
farming  and  became  a  prominent  citizen. 

Nathan  Packer  was  a  millwright  and  timber  man  and  obtained 
his  living  by  means  of  the  axe  and  his  tools. 

James  Packer  was  a  freighter  until  railroads  came  into  the 
country ;  then  he  became  a  railroad  construction  contractor. 

William  J.  Pratt,  a  nephew  of  Parley  P.  Pratt,  was  a  Franklin 
pioneer  of  sterling  qualities,  who  left  Franklin  in  1884,  and  became 
bishop  of  Clifton  ecclesiastical  ward. 

Susana  Preece  was  a  widow  who  came  to  Franklin  with  her 
two  sons,  Peter  and  Mark.  Peter  owned  and  afforded  the  first 
threshing  machine  in  Idaho,  used  in  the  very  early  'sixties. 

William  Rogers,  a  tailor  by  trade,  was  the  choir  leader  and 
humorist. 

John  Reede  came  to  Franklin  during  April,  1860;  was  killed 
by  Indians  July  23  of  same  year;  was  the  first  person  buried  in  the 
Franklin  cemetery. 

Allen  Rankih  was  the  town  shepherd  and  made  his  living  by 
herding  sheep  for  the  settlers  for  a  fixed  price  per  head  of  sheep. 

Thomas  Smart,  a  man  of  sterling  qualities,  was  the  leader  of 
the  first  company  to  come  to  Franklin.  He  had  charge,  also  of 
the  church  organization  until  a  bishop  was  appointed.  He  was  a 
minute-men  captain,  and  one  of  the  first  board  of  school  trustees; 
became  a  successful  farmer  and  wool  grower. 

Charles  J.  Spongberg  was  a  blacksmith  and  followed  that  line 
of  work  in  connection  with  his  farm ;  the  latter  vocation  he  took 
up  when  he  moved  from  Franklin  to  Preston. 

Alexander  Stalker  was  a  farmer  and  gardner;  was  a  prominent 
citizen ;  was  the  first  Mormon  chaplain  in  the  Idaho  legislature  and 
also  served  one  term  as  a  member  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

James  Sanderson  came  to  Franklin  with  the  intention  of  farm- 
ing; built  an  irrigation  ditch  to  use  the  waters  of  Oxkiller  Creek. 
He  died  during  October,  1860. 

Preston  Thomas,  a  farmer  by  occupation,  was  the  first  bishop 
of  Franklin,  being  set  apart  by  Brigham  Young,  June  10,  1860.  He 
built  the  old  "Thomas  Ditch,"  which  afterwards  became  the  Cub 
River  Irrigation  company's  canal,  one  of  the  strongest  and  best  ir- 
rigation systems  in  southeastern  Idaho. 

Isaac  H.  Vail  was  a  fiddler  and  farmer. 

Granuey  Vail  was  a  weaver  of  cloth  and  carpets. 

William  Woodward  was  one  of  the  prominent  citizens ;  a  man 
of  wonderful  memory,  being  able  to  give  day  and  date  for  all  in- 
cidents that  came  under  his  notice,  either  great  or  small,  during 
his  life  time  and  retained  this  memory  to  the  last  hour  of  his  death. 

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He  was  a  successful  farmer  and  leases  Franklin  four  of  its  most 
successful  farmers  of  the  present  day  in  his  four  sons.  He  was 
elected  to  the  Territoral  Legislature,  but  his  seat  was  contested  on 
religious  grounds  and  he  was  not  seated.  Mr.  Woodward  was  one 
of  the  pioneer  school  teachers  of  the  town. 

William  L.  Webster  was  a  shoe-maker  in  early  days ;  went  into 
the  harness  business  and  then  into  general  merchandising.  He  was 
elected  to  the  Territorial  Legislature  for  one  term  on  the  Demo- 
cratic ticket.  He  served  for  a  number  of  years  as  Stake  Superin- 
tendent of  Sunday  Sschools  in  Oneida  Stake. 

William  Whitehead,  a  farmer,  was  captain  of  the  infantry  at 
Franklin,  organized  under  the  laws  of  the  territory  of  Utah.  He 
was  one  of  the  first  city  councilmen  of  Franklin,  and  had  some 
talent  in  the  dramatic  line  and  was  a  well  educated  man  for  his  time. 

William  T.  Wright,  one  of  Franklin's  successful  farmers,  acted 
as  the  first  city  clerk  and  recorder;  was  clerk  and  historian  and 
aiso  one  of  Franklin's  first  school  teachers;  was  the  best  penman 
and  educated  man  of  the  town.  He  acted  as  County  Examiner  of 
School  Teachers  in  the  early  days  of  Oneida  County;  also  served 
as  one  of  the  Board  of  County  Commissioners. 

Elvina  T.  Wheeler,  a  widow  with  ten  children,  seven  girls  and 
three  boys  was  a  nurse  and  doctor.  She  gave  some  very  valuable 
serice  along  her  line,  under  all  circumstances  and  conditions. 

Taylor  Packer,  a  farmer  and  teamster,  was  one  of  the  early 
minute-men  and  early  day  freighters  and  all  around  useful  man. 

John  Goaslind,  Jr.,  a  timberman  and  carpenter,  was  drowned  in 
Cub  River  about  the  year  1873. 


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